newspostuser --> To, but what about Reply-To?

[Ken Murchison]

+archive.info-cyrus at utdallas.edu wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Ken Murchison wrote:
> 
> 
>>I *believe* the logic that Larry and I worked out was that there might
>>already be a Reply-To header (if a message was sent to a person and CC'd
>>to a newsgroup for instance), so we thought it would be safer to just
>>create or add to any existing To header.
> 
> 
> I see.  Maybe which header is used could be a simple config toggle?
> 
> 
>>I might be able to be convinced otherwise.  Maybe you can have multiple
>>addresses in a Reply-To, I'll have to look.
> 
> 
> Well, thought I'd do a little browsing through RFC 2822.  This is
> what I found:
> 
> 3.6.2. Originator fields
> 
>    In either case, an optional reply-to field MAY also be
>    included, which contains the field name "Reply-To" and a
>    comma-separated list of one or more addresses.
> 
>    ...
> 
> reply-to        =       "Reply-To:" address-list CRLF
> 
>    ...
> 
>    The originator fields also provide the information required when
>    replying to a message.  When the "Reply-To:" field is present, it
>    indicates the mailbox(es) to which the author of the message suggests
>    that replies be sent.
> 
> 
> So, at least according to that doc, sounds like an address list
> is valid.  I have to admit I don't recall ever seeing it used that
> way, though.  Perhaps further indication it would be safest as a
> config toggle?

Thanks for looking this up.  I'll change it locally and test it with 
Mozilla and Outlook (and possibly Pine).


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